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We feel there are many dogs that are without loving homes, but have huge potential to become assistance dogs.

Assistance Dogs Cyprus helps individuals with disabilities achieve greater independence by training and placing assistance and therapy dogs to assist with the individual’s daily needs. Assistance Dogs Cyprus uses only force free science based methods and everything we do is underpinned by our values and dedication to improve not only people’s lives but the lives of dogs. We are champions for dogs

who need a second chance so we source dogs from rescue centers. As positive dog trainers we do not shy away from dogs that may be classed as difficult and therefore left without a home, as we know from experience that given the correct training, a good home and care these dogs can become fantastic assistance dogs. We provide accredited assistance dogs for persons living with:
Physical disability, Autism, loss of hearing, epilepsy seizures, mental and/or emotional issues

01/03/2024

Alexa is carefully monitoring her mom that she does her physio as per instructions!!

02/01/2024

Jumbo and Stefano are our new team starting training in 2024. Jumbo is a rescue dog from 2nd Chance Dogs rescue center and he is absolutely amazing!!
His job will be to detect seizures and assist his guardian before and during an episode but also assist in daily life by bringing things etc.
We wish them all the best and enjoy the journey!!

12/09/2023

Great initiative and we will be there answering questions and meeting new people. Hope we see you there

05/07/2023

Main part of our training is making the dog feeling comfortable in all environments since she goes with her mom everywhere. So Alexa is enjoying the A/C and waiting patiently her mom to finish.

26/05/2023

Things are slowly changing in Cyprus. We thank Artion bakery in Nicosia for welcoming Alexa inside so her mom could shop! Free access for all guide and assistance dogs!

28/04/2023

Alexa got her Assistance dog in training harness to help us have free access to public places as part of her training. She looks very impressed!!

18/04/2023

New assistance dog for Andreas Tryfonos. (Greek follow)
His dog Mae is over 10 years old with some health issues and cannot help him anymore. we trained Mae for free a few years back for some things he needed since she could not become an assistance dog.
Andreas is tetraplegic and with a high percentage of loss of eye sight. He needs an assistance dog for daily assistance to bring him things he needs or that fall on the floor, to alert other people in case of emergency but also for emotional support during his long hours of being on his own.
This is a special case that touched our heart from the first time we met him. please share and we ask companies and organisations to open their hearts .

Ένας νέος σκύλος βοηθός για τον Ανδρέα Τρύφωνος.
Ο σκύλος του Μέη είναι άνω των 10 ετών με κάποια προβλήματα υγείας και δεν μπορεί να τον βοηθήσει πια. Εκπαιδεύσαμε την Μέη δωρεάν πριν από μερικά χρόνια για κάποια πράγματα που χρειαζόταν, αφού δεν μπορούσε να γίνει σκύλος βοηθός.
Ο Ανδρέας είναι τετραπληγικός και με υψηλό ποσοστό απώλειας όρασης. Χρειάζεται έναν σκύλο βοηθό για καθημερινή βοήθεια για να του φέρνει πράγματα που χρειάζεται ή που πέφτουν στο πάτωμα, για να ειδοποιήσει άλλους ανθρώπους σε περίπτωση έκτακτης ανάγκης αλλά και για συναισθηματική υποστήριξη κατά τη διάρκεια των πολλών ωρών που είναι μόνος του.
Αυτή είναι μια ιδιαίτερη περίπτωση που άγγιξε την καρδιά μας από την πρώτη φορά που τον γνωρίσαμε. Σας παρακαλούμε όπως κοινοποιήστε το μήνυμα και ζητάμε από εταιρείες και οργανισμούς να ανοίξουν την καρδιά τους

17/03/2023

New kid on the block!
Alexa at age 5 months old started her training to become a medical alert and daily assistance dog.
She is working hard and trying to be a good girl.
Welcome to the family Alexa ❤

28/01/2023

Zara is our medical response dog and we are so proud of her. She is only 1 year old and she is amazing!!

There are innumerable things assistance dogs can do to assist their disabled handlers in response to medical crisis. An assistance dog can be trained to respond in what is often a life-saving manner, once the handler begins to experience a medical crisis. These types of service dogs are referred to as “Medical Response Dogs.”

08/11/2022

a great video from a great tv show about the importance of guide dogs. I will emphasize the racism of free access to places in Cyprus but also the obligations and requirements of having a guide or assistance dog. Thank you Carolina

23/09/2022

Life is a beach! Enjoy life and have fun
Have a great weekend everyone

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15/09/2022

Joey enjoying the sea and the good weather with his mom. Being an assistance dog doesn't mean the dog doesn't enjoy life

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13/09/2022

Zara is one of the dogs we are working with the past few months. She is trained as a daily life (mobility assistance) assistance dog but Zara presented extraordinary capabilities as a medical response dog as well. In the photo Zara takes care of her dad during an episode he had

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09/09/2022

The difference between a medical alert dog and a medical response dog

09/04/2022

Ευχαριστούμε την. Cyprus Times. Για την προβολή και την ενίσχυση της προσπάθειας μας για ενημέρωση του κοινού
We would like to thank Cyprus Times for covering our work and helping us in educating tentrancehe public for the assistance dogs and their right for free

Όταν οι «ήρωες» αντί κάπες φοράνε απλά... λουράκι! Εγκαταλειμμένα σκυλιά «γίνονται» τα μάτια, τα χέρια και τα πόδια ατόμων με προβλήματα - Τι λέει στη Cyprus Times η ιδρύτρ....

03/04/2022

Thank you Phileftheros newspaper for getting the word out. We are thankful for their assistance and coverage. Free access to all assistance and guide dogs in Cyprus

Σκύλοι - βοηθοί και θεραπευτές στην υπηρεσία των ανθρώπων (εικόνες&βίντεο)

31/03/2022

Have a nice long weekend everyone!

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31/01/2022

Guide dog and assistance dog owners have important rights under the Equality Act 2010. The EA provides for disabled people to have the same right to services supplied by shops, banks, hotels, libraries, pubs, taxis and restaurants as everyone else.
In Cyprus we still discriminate people with disabilities. Lets make the change!

Uphill struggle to get businesses to allow entry for those needing guide and other assistance dogs By Bejay Browne Sander Strijthagen couldn’t believe it when a well-known private Nicosia hospital refused to allow him to enter its premises with his vital guide dog Olaf to assist him. If a medical....

13/01/2022

A huge milestone for Cyprus allowing assistance dogs in the Mall of Cyprus. Marilena and Joey enjoying simple things that were not able to do before. Our gratitude to Cyta for helping us in so many ways
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28/12/2021

What is happening elsewhere! Lets bring the change in Cyprus

Charlotte Beard was helped through labour by aid dog Flump who is trained to detect her oncoming seizures

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the team Assistance Dogs Cyprus

23/12/2021

We are so thankful and feel blessed with all the help we receive from CYTA by getting the word out for free access for Guide and Assistance dogs. Lets all share and bring the change in Cyprus.

14/12/2021

Free access to public areas to guide and assistance dogs

13/12/2021

Ευχαριστούμε θερμά τον Έλμο Νεοκλέους και το ΡΙΚ για την φιλοξενία στην φανταστική εκπομπή "Κοίτα με στα μάτια" αλλά και την CYTA για την στήριξη της αγκαλιάζοντας τον Τζόι και την Μαριλένα. Γιατί η επικοινωνία είναι δικαίωμα όλων !

03/12/2021

We would like to thank CYTA for helping Joey and Marilena and mostly for helping in informing the public about the assistance dogs. https://www.cyta.com.cy/joey-assistance-dog

Έλα σε ένα κατάστημα και αγόρασε με μόνο €3 αξεσουάρ για smartphones.
Ολόκληρο το ποσό από την κάθε αγορά θα διατεθεί για την εκπαίδευση του Joey, για να βοηθά τη νεαρή Μαριλένα να λειτουργεί και να επικοινωνεί καλύτερα στην καθημερινότητά της.
🔗 https://www.cyta.com.cy/joey-assistance-dog

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Zara is our medical response dog and we are so proud of her. She is only 1 year old and she is amazing!! There are innumerable things assistance dogs can do to assist their disabled handlers in response to medical crisis. An assistance dog can be trained to respond in what is often a life-saving manner, once the handler begins to experience a medical crisis. These types of service dogs are referred to as “Medical Response Dogs.”

We are so thankful and feel blessed with all the help we receive from CYTA by getting the word out for free access for Guide and Assistance dogs. Lets all share and bring the change in Cyprus.

Working on scent discrimination. Its crucial that Joey must be able to discriminate between epilepsy scent and any other scent from owner or the environment including destructions from the crazy cat. Συνέχιση της εκπαιδευσης αναγνώνρισης της οσμής από δείγμα επιληψίας αγνωόντας οποιαδήποτε άλλη οσμή από το περιιβάλλον ή του ιδιοκτήτη ακόμη και με την γατούλα που μας βοηθαει δημιουργόντας αντιπερισπασμό.

Working on a strong indication when the epilepsy scent is present on the owner. Joey learned to indicate on a specific side and specific location. Also it is important the strength / tension he puts in his indication. Bare in mind that the epilepsy scent is only 2cm big hidden on the owner Ο Joey επιδυκνύει ισχυρή ένδειξη στην παρουσία της οσμής με δείγμα από κρίση επιληψίας. Εχει μάθει να δίνει την ένδειξη μόνο σε συγκεκριμένο σημείο στο σώμα της μαμάς του καθώς και να δυναμώνει την ένταση της ένδειξης. Η οσμή που χρησιμοποιείτε είναι κρυμένη πάνω στον ιδιοτήτη και δεν ξεπερνά τα 2 εκατοστά

Time for coffee and Joey is enjoying the traffic #dogs #workingdogs #assistancedogintraining #doggo #dogoftheday #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #instadog #doglover #dogtraining #rescuedog #cyprus #doglife #cyprusdogs #dogsofinsta #lovedogs

Benjie during his first week of training. This young boy is a bundle of energy. So one of the first things we tackle is impulse control, default behaviors (without asking him to do something), learn to make good choices . Well with only a few days of training we are happy with his progress but its going to be a long journey :)

Training Mae is not only to help the dog be safe but also help Andreas gain independence, fill his long hours and most of all have fun. The improvement is amazing and we couldn't help feel overwhelmed by this video Andreas sent us. Moments like this make all our hard work worth it. Η εκπαίδευση της Μέη δεν αφορά μόνο να βοηθήσουμε στην ασφάλεια της ίδιας αλλά κυρίως να βοηθήσουμε τον Αντρέα να αποκτήσει περισσότερη ανεξαρτησία, να γεμίσει τις ατέλειωτες ώρες του αλλά κυρίως να κάνει κάτι που να του προσφέρει χαρά. Η βελτίωση της Μέη μας έχει εντυπωσιάσει και δεν μπορούμε να κρύψουμε τη συγκίνηση μας με αυτό το βίντεο που μας έστειλε ο Αντρέας. Στιγμές σαν αυτές κάνουν όλη τη σκληρή μας δουλειά να αξίζει

We work with Joey on his epilepsy detection we are in the process of teaching him to discriminate on the exact scent he has to pick up. So we have 2 samples from owner, one is normal and the other has the epilepsy scent. The objective is to be able to indicate only the specific scent by default that is without being instructed to do so. This is his second lesson on it, and we are making progress! Still a ways to go to achieve reliability and marry detection with his indication. #dogs #workingdogs #assistancedogintraining #doggo #dogoftheday #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #instadog #doglover #dogtraining #rescuedog #cyprus #doglife #cyprusdogs #dogsofinsta #lovedogs

Mae's training is progressing. One of the first things we had to tackle is running out of open doors or gates for the dog's safety. H εκπαίδευση της Μέη προχωρά γρήγορα. Ένα από τα πρώτα θέματα που πρέπει να λύσουμε είναι να μην φεύγει όταν η πόρτα ή το κάγκελο είναι ανοικτό καθαρά για την ασφάλεια της.

Soon we will have exciting news to share. For now have a nice weekend from us and Joey

Sorry for not posting for a long time but we have been busy 😘. Joey's socialization and walking manners are progressing. Part of his training is busy streets, meeting dogs, cats, birds even rabbits 😀

Assistance dogs have a job 24/7. Distracting them can be very stressful or harmful for their handlers. Its like talking to a driver and distract him instead of paying attention to the road.

Avoiding distractions while walking in a busy street it is very important. Joey and his mom are enjoying their morning walk with plenty of sunshine Είναι πολύ σημαντικό όπως ο Joey αγνοεί τα ερεθίσματα ειδικά σε ένα πολυσύχναστο δρόμο. Ο Joey και η μαμά του απολαμβάνουν τον πρωινό τους περίπατο στον ανοιξιάτικο ήλιο

Roma showing off in a public place. ❤😄

Roma's day out at the park

We love Roma

When the trainer gets crazy

who said training shouldnt be fun when you are teaching to ignore distractions (sound ON)

Joey the super dog!

Joey's training is progressing and now his guardian is enjoying her walks with him. It is crucial that Joey follows the pace and checking up with her no matter the environment. Η εκπαίδευση του Joey προχωρεί με μεγάλη επιτυχία και η κηδεμόνας του απολαμβάνει τους περιπάτους τους. Είναι πολύ σημαντικό όπως ο Joey ακολουθεί τον ρυθμό της στο περπάτημα και η προσοχή του να είναι απρόσκοπτη ανεξαρτήτως του περιβάλλοντος που βρισκεται

ROMA Retrieving objects

Part of Roma's training but also to have some fun with her is to learn to retrieve things that fall on the floor for her guardian especially her leash. Μέρος της εκπαιδευσης της Ρόμα αλλά και για διασκέδαση τόσο της οικογένειας αλλά και της Ρομα είναι να μπορει να ανακτεί αντικείμενα που πέφτουν στο πάτωμα ειδικά το λουρί της

Building on Impulse control

Building on impulse control its very important so the dog ignores destractions like food, humans fooling around etc. Roma is having a blast and thinks we are crazy.

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